years Senate House President D-R-Score US economy ----- ------ ----- -------- --------- ---------- 1977-1978 D D D Carter 3-0 terrible 1979-1980 D D D Carter 3-0 terrible 1981-1982 R D R Reagan 1-2 good 1983-1983 D D R Reagan 2-1 fair 1985-1986 D D R Reagan 2-1 fair 1987-1988 D D R Reagan 2-1 poor 1989-1990 D D R Bush-1 2-1 poor 1991-1992 D D R Bush-1 2-1 poor 1993-1993 D D D Clinton 3-0 poor 1995-1994 R R D Clinton 1-2 good 1997-1998 R R D Clinton 1-2 good 1999-2000 R R D Clinton 1-2 good 2001-2002 tie R R Bush-2 0-2 okay 2003-2004 R R R Bush-2 0-3 good 2005-2006 R R R Bush-2 0-3 good 2007-2008 tie D R Bush-2 1-1 terrible 2009-2010 D D D Obama 3-0 worst ever 2011-2012 D R D Obama 2-1 terrible 2013-2014 D R D Obama 2-1 poor 2015-2016 R R D Obama 1-2 better 2017-2018 R R R Trump 0-3 excellent 2018-2020 R D R Trump 1-2 best since 1966 2021-2022 D D D Biden 3-0 new worst ever |